"subversive nature" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase to describe an activity or behavior that is intended to undermine or overthrow an authority or system. For example, "The revolutionary had a subversive nature that made him unpopular with the government."
Those classics still sell well — proof that children clearly still enjoy the darkly subversive nature of strange tales.
But as you shimmy through the world of disco, you start to believe in its subversive nature.
As the philosopher Étienne Balibar has argued, however, (see also Alex Callinicos), liberalism's revolutionary ideals retain an inherently subversive nature.
While she's very good at her craft, the real attraction with Conti is the joyfully subversive nature of her humour.
In size they are the most ambitious sea paintings Ms Hambling has ever done and the result is a forensic look at the ocean's subversive nature.
Set to music by Moondog, it promises a "four-part investigation of the subversive nature of a shadowy character," with a new section each night.
The hunt for "sexual perverts", who were presumed to be subversive by nature, resulted in thousands being harassed and denied employment.
SEAN To me, all this talk about equality exposes the subversive un-American nature of Lincoln's thinking.
Zedd's father worked as a mail-classification specialist, and conservative groups often sent him publications they wanted banned from the postal system due to their "subversive" or "pornographic" nature: everything from pinup calendars and mild S&M to weird stuff featuring women on broomsticks.
Mr. Alÿs's 300 examples pepper dark-wood-paneled galleries with smoldering color and are consistent with the collaborative, subversive and open-ended nature of his art.
To some extent, Letterman's bored affect is simply an accurate response to — and subversive comment on — the nature of late-night TV, where stars beg for attention while viewers fall asleep.
